Yuppie Blues - a new english version
Clip: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=biHKuJ6mbzE
Text: http://www.yuppie-blues.de
Video: Charly Rauch


Dark and light.
Round the clock.
Day and night.
Roll and rock.

Business plan.
Super size.
Office. Bank.
Looking nice.

Airport.
Face control.
Loaded word.
Urgent call.

Autobahn.
Coffee break.
Restaurant.
Wagyu steak.

Very steep,
quick progress.
Troubled sleep.
Nervousness.

Stock goes up.
Stock gives way.
Seven Up.
Stress and shake.

It's a Yuppie Blues!
It's a Yuppie Blues!
It's a Yuppie Blues!
It's a Yuppie Blues!
Do business with a yuppie,
and you'll be fine and happy!
It's a Yuppie Blues!

Business class.
Yuppie Club.
Black tie. Jazz.
Lipstick daub.

Met aside
pretty lone.
Spent the night.
Brought her home.

House. Garage.
Limousine.
Douche. Massage.
Therapy.

Fitness. Gym.
Schedule. Draft.
Aspirin.
Sleeping-draught.

Fuss. Watchdog.
Sad. Depressed.
Evening. Fog.
Emptiness...

Net result.
Thirty years.
To sum up.
Impotence.

It's a Yuppie Blues! It's in the bag! It's in the bag!
It's a Yuppie Blues! It's in the bag! It's in the bag!
It's a Yuppie Blues! It's in the bag, bag, bag!
It's a Yuppie Blues! It's in the bag! It's in the bag!
Do business with a yuppie,
and you'll be fine and happy!
It's a Yuppie Blues!

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From the interview with Alexander Amelkin concerning Yuppie Blues:

- Yuppies and Hippies: self destruction?

- Yes, that is the problem, which occurs with yuppies and hippies from time to time: "Self Destruction". This dependence upon money or drugs makes people blind, they are not taking into account the reasonable restrictions and... And: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!.." (Source: Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19-28) And my blues is something like a warning: "Yuppies, be careful! Life is wonderful!"